A six-car D.C. Metro train on the red line moved onto the wrong set of tracks and a safety device derailed the train causing three injuries. The safety device, known as a “derail” or “derailer” is programmed to automatically derail a train if it starts to move in the wrong direction down a railroad track, according…
A week before the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 12, 2009, deadly commuter plane crash near Buffalo, New York (NY), the National Transportation Safety Board issued its conclusion that pilot error caused the Colgan Air accident that killed 50 people. The plane was flying as Continental Connection Flight 3407 and was seconds from touching down…
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“Two Metro workers were struck and killed by a maintenance vehicle along a track Tuesday, the latest in a string of fatalities since last year in the Washington area’s commuter rail system.”So begins an Associated Press report on a Jan. 26, 2010, accident in which two automatic train technicians died after being hit by a…
Two teens were hit and killed by a light rail train traveling in Lutherville, Maryland (MD) back in July of 2009. The families of these teens were considering filing a lawsuit but reach a $1.5 million settlement via mediation from the Maryland Board of Public Works, according to myfoxdc.com. The two teens were walking along…